Engineering Education (Minor)
The Engineering Education Minor is designed to provide opportunities to students seeking to expand their knowledge around the聽science of teaching and learning for engineers. This relatively new discipline is positioned to created unique learning experiences for engineering graduates who are contemplating continuing on (or eventually returning) to graduate school with a goal of ultimately becoming faculty members in the collegiate ranks.
This undergraduate minor will allow this group of students to have an introduction to the required preparation including the development of teaching skills to become successful in this emerging field. In addition, this minor is well-suited for engineering students who are considering non-traditional engineering careers such as technical sales, the development and implementation of educational technology as well as the creation of educational training and programming specifically for the commercial environment.
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Admission to the minor is limited to students who have at least a 3.0 GPA.聽聽Application for admission to any 福利逼站 minor program is now available via MyPack Portal.聽聽Go to聽聽to apply.
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The minor must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from their undergraduate degree program.聽 Certification should be completed no later than during the registration period for the student鈥檚 final semester as an undergraduate student at NC State.
Contact Person聽
Kanton T. Reynolds, Ph.D.
Associate Teaching Professor
4311E Fitts-Woolard Hall
919.515.0605
SIS Code: 14ENEDM
The minor requires a minimum of 15 credit hours with 3 credit hours from a required core and 12 credit hours from a list of advised electives
Required Course (3 Credit Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| EED 401/501 | Teaching Undergraduate Engineers | 3 |
Elective Courses (*12 Credit Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 贰贰顿听502 | Engineering Education : Content, Assessment, and Pedagogy | 3 |
| 贰贰顿听509 | Field Experiences in Engineering Education | 3 |
| EED 411/511 | Societal Foundations for Engineering Education | 3 |
| EED 414/514 | Ethics for Engineering Education | 3 |
| 罢贰顿听530 | Foundations for Teaching Technology | 3 |
| 罢贰顿听558 | Teaching Creative Problem Solving | 3 |
| 贰顿笔听304 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| 辞谤听贰顿笔听504 | Advanced Educational Psychology | |
| 贰础颁听538 | Instructional Strategies In Adult and Higher Education | 3 |
| *Or other approved, advised elective | ||